2-Methoxyestradiol induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1515-1520

  Zhou, Ning Ning ^a   Zhu, Xiao Feng ^a   Zhou, Jun Ming ^a   Li, Man Zhi ^a   Zhang, Xiao Shi ^a   Huang, Peng ^b   Jiang, Wen Qi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2 methoxyestradiol; Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Nasopharyngeal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYESTRADIOL; DNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 8544264567     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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